众议院392票对18票通过《理查德·斯塔少校法案》，约5.9万名战斗负伤退伍军人可望同时领取退休金与伤残补偿
美国众议院11月12日在华盛顿以392票赞成、18票反对通过《理查德·斯塔少校法案》（Major Richard Star Act，H.R. 2102）。众议院退伍军人事务委员会当天宣布，法案将取消针对约5.9万名因战斗负伤而被医疗退役的退伍军人的退休金抵扣，这场争取已持续六年。
现行规则下，这批因伤提前退役的退伍军人，每领取1美元退伍军人事务部（VA）伤残补偿，军人退休金就相应减少1美元。服满20年退役的人可以同时全额领取两项，因伤提前退役的人却不可以。法案取消的正是这一比一抵扣。
众议院书记官公布的第323号记录表决结果显示，表决于11月12日上午10时59分举行，392票赞成、18票反对、23人未投票。按党派计，民主党议员210票全数赞成，共和党议员181票赞成、18票反对，独立人士1票赞成。
法案2020年由众议员 Gus Bilirakis 首次提出，此后每一届国会他都与众议员 Raul Ruiz 共同重新提出，2025年版本在众议院的编号为 H.R. 2102，在参议院的配套法案编号为 S. 1032。今年5月21日，众议员 Mark Takano 提交释放请愿，绕过常规程序把法案推向表决；9月15日，众议员 Nancy Mace 签下第218个签名，请愿达到把法案送上议程所需的签名数。
法案以 Richard Star 少校命名。他是美国陆军预备役军人，在与癌症抗争期间公开为这项法案奔走，2021年2月13日去世，年51岁。
委员会资深成员 Mark Takano 说，六年前，斯塔少校请国会修正这一问题，他没能等到这一天。他说，今天众议院做了两党多数多年来一直想做的事，靠的是释放请愿和218个签名，也靠拒绝放弃的退伍军人，战斗负伤的退伍军人终于能保住他们挣得的待遇。Raul Ruiz 说，这是战斗负伤退伍军人及其家庭的历史性胜利，法案终结了所谓伤残退伍军人税，让他们同时领取挣得的退休金和伤残补偿；他说，参议院现在必须行动，在每位退伍军人得到应有的公正与公平之前不会停步。
法案得到数十家退伍军人组织的支持，包括海外战争退伍军人协会（VFW）、美国残疾退伍军人协会（DAV）和美国军团。法案接下来须经参议院通过并由总统签署才能成为法律；参议院配套法案 S. 1032 由参议员 Richard Blumenthal 领衔，目前仍待参议院行动。在这些程序完成之前，现行抵扣规则不变。
House Passes Major Richard Star Act 392-18, Ending Retirement Pay Offset for Some 59,000 Combat-Injured Veterans
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 2102) in Washington on November 12 by a vote of 392 to 18. The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs announced the passage the same day, saying the bill eliminates the retirement pay offset applied to roughly 59,000 medically retired, combat-injured veterans, ending a six-year fight.
Under current rules, those veterans, forced out of service early by their wounds, must give up one dollar of military retirement pay for every dollar of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability compensation they receive. Retirees who served 20 years collect both in full. The bill eliminates that dollar-for-dollar offset.
Roll Call 323, published by the Office of the Clerk of the House, shows the vote was held at 10:59 a.m. on November 12, with 392 yeas, 18 nays and 23 members not voting. By party, Democrats voted 210 to 0 in favor, Republicans 181 to 18, and the chamber's one independent voted yea.
Rep. Gus Bilirakis first introduced the bill in 2020 and has reintroduced it in each Congress since, together with Rep. Raul Ruiz. The current version is H.R. 2102 in the House, with a Senate companion, S. 1032. On May 21, 2026, Rep. Mark Takano filed a discharge petition to force the bill toward a floor vote, and on September 15, Rep. Nancy Mace provided the 218th signature the petition needed.
The bill is named for Major Richard Star, a U.S. Army Reserve soldier who advocated for it publicly while battling cancer and died on February 13, 2021, at age 51.
Ranking Member Mark Takano said that six years ago Major Star asked Congress to fix this, and that he died before Congress could. He said the House had now done what a bipartisan majority had wanted to do for years, through a discharge petition and 218 signatures and veterans who refused to quit, and that combat-injured veterans would finally keep what they earned. Rep. Raul Ruiz called the passage a historic victory for combat-wounded veterans and their families, said the bill ends what he called the wounded veteran tax so those veterans receive both the retirement pay and the disability compensation they earned, and said the Senate must now act.
The bill is backed by dozens of veterans service organizations, including the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans and The American Legion. It must still pass the Senate and be signed by the President before it becomes law. The Senate companion, S. 1032, led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, awaits action, and until those steps are complete the current offset remains in place.
来源：美国众议院退伍军人事务委员会
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